life

<p>Does anyone ever have a perfect Christmas?</p><p>Probably not &mdash; and some Christmases are way, way more disastrous than others.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/">recent Reddit thread</a> had people spilling the stories of what ruined their Christmas. From parents ghosting children to fighting over grandma&#39;s will, it&#39;s safe to say these people&#39;s Christmases were probably worse than yours.</p><h2>1. Estate issues can put a damper on your holiday.</h2><blockquote> <p>My dad and his sibilings fighting over my recently passed grandmother&rsquo;s house - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc265bm/">DannyMorrow29</a></p> </blockquote><h2>2. Puking in the boss&#39;s car will definitely make for a memorable Christmas.</h2><blockquote> <p>Me. Was invited to a lovely dinner by my boss with his extended family. Everything went amazingly well, even though I was nervous. I didn&rsquo;t drink anything due to medications, yet still managed to vomit profusely all over his car when he was giving me a ride home. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc2b3mp/">KyooTeaPie</a></p> </blockquote><h2>3. As long as they&#39;re all okay, this sounds HILARIOUS.</h2><blockquote> <p>My cousins got a mini bounce house and it popped with like 10 kids inside all under 8. The amount of crying broke my eardrums - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc2547j/">xClovis7</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. Whose idea was it to put Christmas smack in the middle of flu season?</h2><blockquote> <p>I caught some sort of stomach bug at 5:00 this morning, threw up eight times since and couldn&rsquo;t go to my dad&rsquo;s for Christmas (split parents) or my grandparents&rsquo; house for dinner. I&rsquo;ve been more excited for Christmas this year than any other and now I have to spend it in bed. Woohoo. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc22udv/">collllllin</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5. There&#39;s a special place in hell for cheaters who ruin Christmas.</h2><blockquote> <p>I found out I was cheated on a few days ago... [...] I haven&#39;t told many people about what happened, because it&#39;s kind of humiliating...especially after raving to everyone about how great he was. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc22mm4/">Look_a_Squirre_1</a></p> </blockquote><h2>6. Being far away from the family is rough.</h2><blockquote> <p>My sister couldn&rsquo;t come home. She moved to another country and couldn&rsquo;t make it back for Christmas. I didn&rsquo;t think I would mind that much. I&rsquo;m so lonely without her though. We had so many Christmas traditions and I didn&rsquo;t have anyone to laugh with me about everything during dinner. I&rsquo;m thankful that she&rsquo;s still alive and physically here on earth, but it was just more lonely that I expected to not have her around. It wasn&rsquo;t a bad Christmas, it just didn&rsquo;t really feel like Christmas. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc23nmb/">ogflavorcheezits</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7. Stealing from your loved ones is an interesting holiday choice.</h2><blockquote> <p>My cousin stole my $250 and once she got caught said: &ldquo;But I need it and OP (Me) is too spoiled anyways.&rdquo; She then proceeded to get half of it after crying a fit and refused to give it back until she got some and after all that I still don&rsquo;t know why her parents don&rsquo;t punish her since there actually half decent. -<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc26cwm/"> joey_kbt</a></p> </blockquote><h2>8. Just some casual yuletide racism.</h2><blockquote> <p>My dad called my girlfriend a beaner when we went over to visit, shes Honduran. Kinda had to leave after that one, especially when he refused to apologize because &quot;that&#39;s what they&#39;re called&quot; - <span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc23yt1/">JustAnArsonist</a></p> </blockquote><h2>9. Guess the terrible apple doesn&#39;t fall far from the tree.</h2><blockquote> <p>My uncle grabbing my ass and my whole family laughing about it - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc29qje/">ugga_bugga_boi</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10. Why do so many old people think food allergies are optional?</h2><blockquote> <p>My mother in law tried to feed my eldest child mango, which she&rsquo;s been allergic to for the past 11 years. My eldest said &ldquo;what are you doing??!! Grandma I&rsquo;m allergic!&rdquo; Grandma said &ldquo;it&rsquo;ll be okay, it&rsquo;s Christmas.&rdquo;</p> <p>Um, no. Food allergies don&rsquo;t take Christmas off you idiot. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc2andx/">emlovescoffee</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11. I&#39;m not a conspiracy theorist but this sounds like it was an inside job...</h2><blockquote> <p>My niece and nephew&rsquo;s uncle on the other side of the family. His car was found randomly abandoned on the side of the road this morning, phone inside, vomit in the car, back tire shredded. Whole family had to go out looking for him. He also didn&rsquo;t bother to get his own children any presents because &ldquo;they were stolen out of his car&rdquo;. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc24uo9/">starryknight2010</a></p> </blockquote><h2>12. What is it about being single and childless that transforms you into a butler, chauffeur and scullery maid for the whole family?</h2><blockquote> <p>It was suggested that I drive 4 hrs round trip to pick up my grandmother for the day. We live the furthest away and I guess I can spend all that time doing it because I&rsquo;m single with no kids. Luckily my mother shot that down, but it pisses me off just thinking about how it&rsquo;s fine for me, but not other family that&rsquo;s in the same fucking town. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc24jy5/">OhioMegi</a></p> </blockquote><h2>13. Sounds like World War 3...</h2><blockquote> <p>My brother picking a fight with my sister over who won WWII. He was wrong and she refused to agree with him. We left when he started yelling.</p> <p>My sister has a degree in political science and her teaching credential in World History and Geography. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc25qjj/">everybodylovesmemore</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>14. A truly twisted parent would call the dog pee karmic retribution for the snooping.</h2><blockquote> <p>My 5 year old looked at all his Christmas presents 3 days before Christmas, and the dog peed on the tree, which also got on many gifts. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc25xr9/">mrsstressedmom</a></p> </blockquote><h2>15. Ghosting your kids on Christmas is really another level.</h2><blockquote> <p>My ex-wife not having the guts to tell me she was doing Christmas dinner with her sugar daddy&rsquo;s family. I don&rsquo;t give a shit if she was here but she just ghosted my daughters and me. I even asked her yesterday if she was going to be with us for dinner and she said, &lsquo;of course I will, why wouldn&rsquo;t I?&rsquo; It brought back horrible memories about why I left her ass in the first place.</p> <p>To be fair, I had a great evening with my daughters but there was a gnawing anger in the back of my mind that I couldn&rsquo;t let go of. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc28i4q/">csudebate</a></p> </blockquote><h2>16. This is why you don&#39;t buy kids expensive toys.</h2><blockquote> <p>My child yeeted a brand new nintendo switch controller into the wall by accident trying to shake it to fling super mario&#39;s hat in Odyssey. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/efqzp6/what_ruined_christmas_this_year/fc25725/">Dopecombatweasel</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 people share stories of things that 'ruined' their Christmas.

Does anyone ever have a perfect Christmas?Probably not &mdash; and some Christmases are way, way more disastrous than others.A recent Reddit thread had people spilling the stories of what ruined their Christmas. From parents ghosting children to fighting over grandma&#39;s will, it&#39;s safe to say these people&#39;s Christmases were probably worse than yours.1. Estate issues can put a damper on your holiday. My dad and his sibilings fighting over my recently passed grandmother&rsquo;s house - DannyMorrow29 2. Puking in the boss&#39;s car will definitely make for a memorable Christmas. Me. Was invited to a lovely dinner by my boss with his extended family. Everything went amazingly well, even though I was nervous. I didn&rsquo;t drink anything due to medications, yet still managed to vomit profusely all over his car when he was giving me a ride home. - KyooTeaPie 3. As long as they&#39;re all okay, this sounds HILARIOUS. My cousins got a mini bounce house and it popped with like 10 kids inside all under 8. The amount of crying broke my eardrums - xClovis7 4. Whose idea was it to put Christmas smack in the middle of flu season? I caught some sort of stomach bug at 5:00 this morning, threw up eight times since and couldn&rsquo;t go to my dad&rsquo;s for Christmas (split parents) or my grandparents&rsquo; house for dinner. I&rsquo;ve been more excited for Christmas this year than any other and now I have to spend it in bed. Woohoo. - collllllin 5. There&#39;s a special place in hell for cheaters who ruin Christmas. I found out I was cheated on a few days ago... [...] I haven&#39;t told many people about what happened, because it&#39;s kind of humiliating...especially after raving to everyone about how great he was. - Look_a_Squirre_1 6. Being far away from the family is rough. My sister couldn&rsquo;t come home. She moved to another country and couldn&rsquo;t make it back for Christmas. I didn&rsquo;t think I would mind that much. I&rsquo;m so lonely without her though. We had so many Christmas traditions and I didn&rsquo;t have anyone to laugh with me about everything during dinner. I&rsquo;m thankful that she&rsquo;s still alive and physically here on earth, but it was just more lonely that I expected to not have her around. It wasn&rsquo;t a bad Christmas, it just didn&rsquo;t really feel like Christmas. - ogflavorcheezits 7. Stealing from your loved ones is an interesting holiday choice. My cousin stole my $250 and once she got caught said: &ldquo;But I need it and OP (Me) is too spoiled anyways.&rdquo; She then proceeded to get half of it after crying a fit and refused to give it back until she got some and after all that I still don&rsquo;t know why her parents don&rsquo;t punish her since there actually half decent. - joey_kbt 8. Just some casual yuletide racism. My dad called my girlfriend a beaner when we went over to visit, shes Honduran. Kinda had to leave after that one, especially when he refused to apologize because &quot;that&#39;s what they&#39;re called&quot; -    JustAnArsonist 9. Guess the terrible apple doesn&#39;t fall far from the tree. My uncle grabbing my ass and my whole family laughing about it - ugga_bugga_boi 10. Why do so many old people think food allergies are optional? My mother in law tried to feed my eldest child mango, which she&rsquo;s been allergic to for the past 11 years. My eldest said &ldquo;what are you doing??!! Grandma I&rsquo;m allergic!&rdquo; Grandma said &ldquo;it&rsquo;ll be okay, it&rsquo;s Christmas.&rdquo; Um, no. Food allergies don&rsquo;t take Christmas off you idiot. - emlovescoffee 11. I&#39;m not a conspiracy theorist but this sounds like it was an inside job... My niece and nephew&rsquo;s uncle on the other side of the family. His car was found randomly abandoned on the side of the road this morning, phone inside, vomit in the car, back tire shredded. Whole family had to go out looking for him. He also didn&rsquo;t bother to get his own children any presents because &ldquo;they were stolen out of his car&rdquo;. - starryknight2010 12. What is it about being single and childless that transforms you into a butler, chauffeur and scullery maid for the whole family? It was suggested that I drive 4 hrs round trip to pick up my grandmother for the day. We live the furthest away and I guess I can spend all that time doing it because I&rsquo;m single with no kids. Luckily my mother shot that down, but it pisses me off just thinking about how it&rsquo;s fine for me, but not other family that&rsquo;s in the same fucking town. - OhioMegi 13. Sounds like World War 3... My brother picking a fight with my sister over who won WWII. He was wrong and she refused to agree with him. We left when he started yelling. My sister has a degree in political science and her teaching credential in World History and Geography. - everybodylovesmemore 14. A truly twisted parent would call the dog pee karmic retribution for the snooping. My 5 year old looked at all his Christmas presents 3 days before Christmas, and the dog peed on the tree, which also got on many gifts. - mrsstressedmom 15. Ghosting your kids on Christmas is really another level. My ex-wife not having the guts to tell me she was doing Christmas dinner with her sugar daddy&rsquo;s family. I don&rsquo;t give a shit if she was here but she just ghosted my daughters and me. I even asked her yesterday if she was going to be with us for dinner and she said, &lsquo;of course I will, why wouldn&rsquo;t I?&rsquo; It brought back horrible memories about why I left her ass in the first place. To be fair, I had a great evening with my daughters but there was a gnawing anger in the back of my mind that I couldn&rsquo;t let go of. - csudebate 16. This is why you don&#39;t buy kids expensive toys. My child yeeted a brand new nintendo switch controller into the wall by accident trying to shake it to fling super mario&#39;s hat in Odyssey. - Dopecombatweasel 

Does anyone ever have a perfect Christmas?  Probably not &mdash; and some Christmases are way, way more disastrous than others.  A recent Reddit thread had people spilling the stories of what ruined their Christmas. From parents ghosting...

16 people share stories of things that 'ruined' their Christmas.

1. Estate issues can put a damper on your holiday.

2. Puking in the boss's car will definitely make for a memorable Christmas.

3. As long as they're all okay, this sounds HILARIOUS.